Communion

I was doing a hospital visit a short time back and had planned on taking communion to the person. One of the rules about hospital visits is that clergy should check in. This is so that not only is the staff aware that a visit has been made, but so that the parking stub can be validated. As I was checking in the woman at the desk noticed the communion kit, and inquired as to what it was. I replied that it was a communion kit and that I was taking it up to the person I was visiting. She replied, "Oh you are transporting Jesus". What?! "You have Jesus with you" Gee, I had never though of it that way before. "Well, doesn't the church teach that Jesus is present in the bread and the wine?" Yes they do. "Well, you carry Jesus around with you." What a unique perspective on the offering of communion to those who cannot make it to church. And although I do make light of having Jesus in the back seat of the car, it is more profound. I am only an ambassador. It is Jesus that is really there, present in the elements, present in the words "given for you". isn't God amazing that he can reshape our reality in such a way that truth becomes even more evident?